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Thread Number: 9204
A Rare Model Restored |
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| Post# 101321 6/20/2010 at 15:37 (5,057 days old) by vacbear58 (Sutton In Ashfield & London) | ||
Several years ago a Morphy Richards upright cleaner cropped up on ebay. I had only seen one other, which was on the Simply Switch On website. I was pleased to win it for £10 although not so happy when I saw it. It had been stored in a shed for many years, the handgrip and flex were perished and the handle, which should have been chrome was completely cover with rust. It lurked in the back of my loft for years for I really do not have the skill to restore it. Members of automaticwasher may recall references to the "Spa of Neil & Bob". They have done many tremendous restorations on washer cabinets, so I thought I would give them a try on restoring this old cleaner. Here it is, I think the results speak for themselves 
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| Post# 101322 , Reply# 1 6/20/2010 at 15:39 (5,057 days old) by vacbear58 (Sutton In Ashfield & London) | ||
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The other side | ||
| Post# 101323 , Reply# 2 6/20/2010 at 15:42 (5,057 days old) by vacbear58 (Sutton In Ashfield & London) | ||
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Here it is running | ||
| Post# 101324 , Reply# 3 6/20/2010 at 15:44 (5,057 days old) by vacbear58 (Sutton In Ashfield & London) | ||
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I presume it is a Eureka | ||
| Post# 101325 , Reply# 4 6/20/2010 at 15:46 (5,057 days old) by vacbear58 (Sutton In Ashfield & London) | ||
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Another top view | ||
| Post# 101326 , Reply# 5 6/20/2010 at 15:50 (5,056 days old) by vacbear58 (Sutton In Ashfield & London) | ||
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Underneath
I am sorry this picture is a bit fuzzy. The height selector is on the left. Note how the central fan chamber goes out to the right to meet the bag. By the way, despite the bag being stored with dust in it for years it has no holes or fraying. Bob kindly washed it by hand and once dry even ironed it :) Although there are no beater bars on the brushroll the bristles are pretty stiff, so it has the typical "Hoover Brushroll" sound
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| Post# 101327 , Reply# 6 6/20/2010 at 15:58 (5,056 days old) by vacbear58 (Sutton In Ashfield & London) | ||
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Handgrip
It was touch and go whether we could re-wire the handle and switch as the hand grip seemed to be so far gone. But Bob and Neil managed (with much WD40) to get it released - teh hand grip is in two parts. The origional flex was dangerously perished and in fact the cleaner origionally came with a three core flex (cord) although the ground had been cut back on the two pin plug that was on it when I got it. Thankfully it is now 100% safe with new, rubber (horray!) flex. The cores split at the handle fork and each enter the body where the forks are attached
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| Post# 101328 , Reply# 7 6/20/2010 at 16:03 (5,056 days old) by vacbear58 (Sutton In Ashfield & London) | ||
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Final Glamour Shot | ||
| Post# 101329 , Reply# 8 6/20/2010 at 16:14 (5,056 days old) by electrolux~137 () | ||
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Wow, what a stunning vacuum cleaner. I **LOVE** the curved handle! It gives the machine an almost "cartoon" appearance, like a sweeper you'd see in an old Tom and Jerry cartoon! Great job. | ||
| Post# 101331 , Reply# 9 6/20/2010 at 16:49 (5,056 days old) by eurekastar (Amarillo, Texas) | ||
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| Post# 101332 , Reply# 10 6/20/2010 at 17:02 (5,056 days old) by portable (Corvallis, OR) | ||
So, Alistair - | ||
| Post# 101336 , Reply# 11 6/20/2010 at 17:21 (5,056 days old) by aeoliandave (Stratford Ontario Canada) | ||
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| Post# 101365 , Reply# 12 6/21/2010 at 00:26 (5,056 days old) by joe22 () | ||
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looks a lot like a ge or westinghouse. awesome vac !!! | ||
| Post# 101370 , Reply# 13 6/21/2010 at 05:42 (5,056 days old) by junior1975 () | ||
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OUTSTANDING. Al, That is one of the best restorations I have seen. I wonder what they could do with my 1334!!! :D:D:D:D Beautiful addition to your already awesom ecollection. Clark. | ||
| Post# 101572 , Reply# 14 6/22/2010 at 22:00 (5,054 days old) by crevicetool (GA ) | ||
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Great job!!!! Gotta agree with everyone else.....that handle does it for me too!!! thanks, Rick | ||
| Post# 101630 , Reply# 15 6/23/2010 at 08:05 (5,054 days old) by vacbear58 (Sutton In Ashfield & London) | ||
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Thanks for the kind comments
I just wish I had "before" pics so you could see just how good a restoration it was. Clark Bob & Neil live outside Birmingham and I am sure they would be pleased to help out - I think they may use a Junior as their daily driver - their home is immiculate I might add. They certainly do appreciate Hoover uprights, but just at the moment it sounds like they have a backlog of washers queuing up. Just the clarify, the hand grip is the origional. If I remember correctly they told me applied a great deal of WD40 to it, which not only loosened the retaining screws but "mositurised" the dry and perished hand grip - it is in two parts which enclose the top of the handle. If I have some time this weekend I am will do some footage for YouTube Al | ||
| Post# 101784 , Reply# 16 6/24/2010 at 04:10 (5,053 days old) by hygiene903 (Galion, OH) | ||
Beautiful Restoration, Al! | ||
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